Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-09-21

Call on Bronson q Houchin for farm
loans. s
Cash paid for hides at the Central
Meat Market. IA
Hard-times prices on cook stoves at
Morris Bros. IL
DIR. Burney now has his Office in Pear
sons drug store.
Dave Reeves is away on a visit to his
old home in Illinois.
FoR RENT wo three-room houses,
apply to Henry burst. IL
Fresh fish and fresh oysters regular.
ly at the Central market. II
IazeltOn Flour gets there every time.
For sale by Ii. X. Harrington. 10
Remember about those bedrock phi
ces on Cook Stoves at Morris Bros. II
Photographer Young was at the old
settlers picnic and photographed the
crowd.
Mrs. III. G. Thompson is extending her
eastern visit, and will be away yet four
weeks.
Buy your Groceries of b. X. Herring
ton and you will get your moneys
worth, every time. Is
The fattest, tenderest and best beef
at the Central meat market, opposite
LIST National bank. 4
Don't fail to see Wood & Vincent be-
fore buying your fall and winter goods.
They can save you money. IL
Don't buy n Cook Stove until you
have seen Morris. His are going
cheaper than anything in town. IL
DIR. Dunn has purchased DR.. Davis
instruments and Office fixtures, one of
the most complete outfits in the city.
The Ladies' Aid society of the NJ. L.
church will meet Friday afternoon with
Mrs. Kaufman. Mrs. Houchin, Sect'y.
Tell your neighbors about the great
sale of 400 cattle, to occur next week,
in this city. Twelve months time will
be given. Is
The big sale Of the Ohio Land and
Cattle COmpany's cattle will commence
tomorrow, Thursday, in this city, and
continue three days.
For sale or trade-A good spring wag-
on, two seats one horse one set of
double harness. viii sell either, cheap;
or trade Tor good buggy. This Office.
The Langhorst family, in the north
end Of town, have had IA hard struggle
with sickess for the past six weeks. AS
soon as one becomes cOnyalescent, an
other is taken down.
Judge Hardy left last Thursday for
Shelbyville, H., his Old home. He will
take in the G.. y. r.. reunion at St.
Louis next week and will visit other
places Of interest before his return.
Receiving new goods daily. No shod-
dy. bankrupt stock, but all clean, bright
aud fresh, selected from the largest and
most complete stocks IN New York and
Chicago. Standiford, YOumans IL FL
drcd. I6
Our stock of boots and shoes is com
plete; nothingto add. Bought for cash,
from eastern manufacturers, and we
will quote YOU puces SO low they will
astonish you. Siandiford, Youmans Il
Eldred. IG
Ben Pearl, the accommodating oper-
ator at the depot, has two apt pupils in
John Thurman and Claud Sample, Of
the Fnst National, who are fast learn
ing to become operators, OH the private
line that runs TO the depot.
District court will be in session here
Tuesday, October 4th, that being the
beginning of the regular October term.
There viii be but few criminal cases.
and it is understood that the civil
docket will be cleaned up, if possible.
n. :. McClearey went over to We'll
lingtcn Monday, by appointment. and
met representative of an extensive
eastern house, and bought an immense
stock of holiday goods, toys. etc. In
due time the stock will be here and it
will he a surprise TO every one.
At the Lockart schoolhouse, in Eagle
township, last Saturday, the following
nOn-partisan ticket was nominated for
the township: Trustee, o. f. Throck-
morton; clerk, J 5 Jones treasurer, j.
M.Prewett; justices, John Williams and
Free Sexton; cOnstableS, John McFad-
din and y. Beckwith.
Mr.. +. II. Howard returned this week
from Moniteau county, Missouri, where
he spent two weeks. lie says he never
saw that country as dry as now, and
that one old citizen, who had lived there
| sixty-one years said such a drouth had
never been known in that county.
People are digging down into the bed
Of streams for stock water; the grass
has entirely burned up and all stock
has required feeding for four weeks.
A fair crop was raised, but barely
enough to carry the people through.
Mr.. Howard is we'll satisfied with Bar
Der county.
Ilillory Weidner lost valuable mule,
last week, through the carelessness of
two boys. The animal had been cut on
wire, and was under the treatment of
DR.. Ayers, southeast of town two miles.
Tuesday, John Ayers, Is years old, and
son Of Mr.. Mcconnell, about the same
age, were out with target rifle, shoot
ing at anything in sight. The Ayers
boy held up the gun, and said: Watch
me shoot that mule" He did shoot it
through the lungs, and the animal drop.
ped dead a few moments afterward.
The boys at first claimed that the mule
was shot by some passing hunters, and
even gave description of them; but,
on being pressed, they acknowledged
the truth. Mr.. Weidner will endeavor